SOPA SECA: MEXICAN NOODLE CASSEROLE
I first tried Sopa Seca in Cancun a few years ago and liked it so much I ate it every day for a week! I found this recipe on the another site and tweaked it to suit my tastes.
Provided by BNLNikki
Categories Vegetable
Time 55m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 17
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
- Brush a 9-inch square baking dish with oil.
- Heat the extra-virgin olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat.
- Add the fideos and cook, turning them with tongs, until golden brown on both sides, about 5 minutes.
- Transfer the bundles and any broken pieces to a plate.
- Add the onion to the skillet and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until golden brown, about 8 minutes.
- Stir in the garlic, coriander, oregano, chili powder, and bay leaf, and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
- Add the diced tomatoes with their juices.
- Add the chipotles, increase the heat to high, and cook until thickened, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the broth, the toasted fideos, salt, and pepper, to taste.
- Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat, and simmer gently, uncovered, breaking up the fideos with a spoon, for about 5 minutes.
- Stir in the chicken.
- Remove the bay leaf.
- Transfer the mixture to the prepared baking dish, sprinkle the grated cheese over the top, and cover loosely with foil.
- Bake until the cheese melts and the casserole is hot through and through, about 20 minutes.
- If desired, serve with some crema drizzled over the top.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 437, Fat 28.6, SaturatedFat 9.3, Cholesterol 82.2, Sodium 1404.5, Carbohydrate 18, Fiber 3.8, Sugar 9.3, Protein 28.5
SOPA SECA (MEXICAN NOODLE CASSEROLE)
By Chef Diana Kennedy, whose cookbooks, to me, rank up there with Rick Bayless. Saveur magazine recommends serving this with either a salad or some pickled chiles/jalapenos
Provided by PalatablePastime
Categories Cheese
Time 45m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 12
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 °F.
- Oil an 8x8 glass baking dish and set aside.
- Heat remaining oil over medium-high heat in a large skillet.
- Add the pasta and stir until lightly browned (like browning the vermicelli in Rice a Roni); set vermicelli aside on paper towels to drain.
- Puree chipotles, garlic, tomatoes and onion in a food processor until smooth.
- Reheat skillet and cook tomato mixture, stirring until the liquid evaporates, 18 minutes or so.
- Add the chicken stock and vermicelli to the skillet, and season with salt and pepper (don't forget to taste and adjust if necessary for your own tastes!).
- Pour it all into the oiled baking dish, and bake, covered with aluminum foil, until pasta is tender and sauce absorbed, about 10 minutes or so.
- Serve sprinkled with cheese, drizzled with crema and garnished with cilantro.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 273.5, Fat 23.7, SaturatedFat 8.2, Cholesterol 34.6, Sodium 619.9, Carbohydrate 7.7, Fiber 1.3, Sugar 4.5, Protein 8.8
SOPA SECA DE FIDEOS
Steps:
- For dried chiles, toast them on an ungreased griddle or heavy skillet over medium heat, turning regularly and pressing flat with a spatula, until very aromatic, about 30 seconds. In a small bowl, cover the chiles with hot water and re-hydrate 30 minutes, stirring frequently to ensure even soaking. Drain and discard the water. (Canned chiles need only be removed from their sauce.)
- Roast the unpeeled garlic on the griddle or skillet, turning occasionally, until soft, about 15 minutes; cool and peel. Roast 1 1/2 pounds of the tomatoes on a baking sheet 4 inches below a very hot broiler until blackened on 1 side, about 6 minutes, then flip and roast the other side. Cool, then peel, collecting all the juices with the tomatoes.
- In a food processor or blender, process the roasted tomatoes, rehydrated or canned chiles, and garlic to a medium-fine puree. Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in medium-size (4-quart) pot (such as a Dutch oven or Mexican cazuela) over medium-high. Add the puree and stir for about 5 minutes as it sears and thickens. Set aside.
- If using chorizo, cook in a little oil over medium heat, breaking up large lumps as you go, until thoroughly cooked, about 10 minutes. Scoop it out with a slotted spoon, draining as much oil as possible back into the skillet.
- Pour 6 tablespoons of the remaining oil into the skillet and return to the heat. When quite hot (drop a stray noodle in ? it should sizzle but not brown immediately), lay in about 1/3 of the noodle nests to fry until noticeably browned, about 1 minute, then flip and brown the other side. Remove with a slotted spoon, draining as much oil as possible back into the skillet, and drain on paper towels. Continue until all have been browned.
- Add the broth, oregano, and pepper to the tomato sauce. Core the remaining 1 pound of tomatoes and chop into 1/4-inch bits. Add and simmer briskly until the sauce thickens to the consistency of a juicy tomato sauce, about 5 minutes. Taste and season with salt.
- Add the noodles. In about 2 minutes pull the "nests" apart (they'll have softened enough to do it at this point), then add the zucchini and the chorizo (if you're using it). Simmer, stirring occasionally, until the noodles are tender but still firm, about 2 minutes.
- If using the cream, add it now, raise the heat to medium-high and boil quickly until the sauce returns to its previous consistency. Taste again and readjust the salt, if necessary.
- Stir in half of the grated cheese, scoop into a warm serving dish, sprinkle on the remaining cheese and the cilantro garnish, and it's ready to serve.
MEXICAN-STYLE RICE (SOPA SECA)
"Sopa seca" literally translates to "dry soup". A friend of ours from Mexico served this delicious rice sidedish to us and I enthusiastically went about finding a recipe for it. This is from the cookbook Mexican: Healthy Ways With a Favourite Cuisine by Jane Milton. A more glutinous rice dish than the ever popular Spanish rice. Is this an authentic Mexican recipe? I don't know, but I do know we like this dish!
Provided by COOKGIRl
Categories White Rice
Time 30m
Yield 4-6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- In a large heatproof bowl, pour boiling water over the rice enough to cover. Stir only once, and let stand 10 minutes.
- Transfer to a colander over the sink and rinse rice under cold water. Drain again. Set rice aside, spread out on a cookie sheet to dry slightly. (I usually do this first thing in the morning.).
- In the meantime, put the tomatoes, onion, garlic and half of chili pepper into a food processor or blender. Process until smooth like salsa. Set tomato mixture aside.
- Heat the olive oil over medium heat in a large, heavy saute pan and cook rice until a light golden brown color. Stir constantly so that rice does not burn, scraping bottom of pan with spatula because the rice grains will stick.
- Next add the pureed tomato mixture and keep stirring over medium heat until all the liquid is absorbed, about 10 minutes. If mixture starts to boil, reduce heat. *Stir in the stock, salt, and green peas. Continue to cook the mixture on low-medium heat stirring occasionally until all liquid is absorbed and rice is tender, another 10-15 minutes. Be careful not to burn.
- *NOTE: DO NOT stir rice too often after adding the stock or the grains will become too starchy.
- The original directions say to remove pan from heat, cover with tight-fitting lid; letting stand in a warm place 10 minutes or so. I remove pan from heat, cover and place pan in low oven, at approximately 150-200 degrees. Sometimes I'll let the rice set in the oven for a good hour or longer, as long as the rice grains are tender and rice doesn't dry out too much.
- Transfer the cooked rice to a serving platter, fluff with fork and serve sprinkled with freshly ground black pepper. Garnish with thinly sliced chilis or serve on side.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 270.9, Fat 7.3, SaturatedFat 1.1, Sodium 298.5, Carbohydrate 45.5, Fiber 3, Sugar 4.1, Protein 5.6
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